Coffee-based cocktails: original recipes

Most people cannot imagine their morning without a cup of aromatic coffee, especially if they have a hard day of work ahead. This noble drink allows the body to quickly invigorate itself and awaken activity.

Of all existing drinks, coffee ranks second in frequency of consumption and is second only to tea. His popularity explains the huge number of recipes with his participation. Coffee cocktails are divided by temperature (hot and cold) and calorie content, can be sweet or salty, and contain fruits or vegetables.

Check out the suggested recipes, choose your favorite and be sure to try it.

Types of coffee cocktails

All cocktails that use coffee in their preparation are divided into the following varieties:

• non-alcoholic;
• alcoholic;
• hot;
• cold;
• fruit;
• dairy

A classic option is the combination of coffee beans with chocolate and dairy products.

Based on these ingredients, you can prepare a hot and cold version of the drink. As a rule, when choosing one or another of them, the time of year is taken into account. On a hot summer day you want something refreshing, and on winter evenings, on the contrary, something warming.

Good to know

The entire variety of cocktails with liqueur can be divided into two groups:

• drinks where liqueur acts as a flavoring agent;
• cocktails in which liqueur is the main ingredient.

The first group of cocktails can be served as an aperitif, but the second - as an addition to dessert or as a digestif with coffee or tea.

To prepare cocktails at home, it is convenient to use a shaker. Or you can mix the ingredients in the container in which you plan to serve the cocktail.

• Narrow high or low wide glasses or wide-cone glasses. The drink is served with a cocktail straw.
• Strong versions of cocktails can be served in thick liqueur glasses.

Hot soft drinks

There is more than one recipe for making hot non-alcoholic coffee cocktails. It is worth highlighting the most popular and unusual of them.

With orange and caramel

You will need the following ingredients:

• 100 ml freshly squeezed orange juice;
• 60 ml caramel syrup;
• 120 ml freshly prepared coffee.

The following steps should be taken:

1. Pour syrup into a glass.
2. Warm the juice a little and immediately add it to the composition.
3. Pour hot coffee in a thin stream.

With cream and mint

Homemade drink is prepared based on the following components:

• 2 cocktail cherries;
• mint sprig;
• 50 ml hot chocolate;
• 60 ml of freshly prepared espresso;
• 100 ml heavy cream.

The following steps are performed step by step:

1. Tear the mint into small pieces and place it on the bottom of the glass.
2. Espresso is also poured in there.
3. In another container, beat cream and hot chocolate with a blender.
4. The resulting mixture is poured into a glass.

Decorate the finished drink with cherries and a mint leaf.

With strawberry syrup and milk

The following products are used:

• 100 ml espresso;
• 50 ml fresh milk;
• 60 ml strawberry syrup;
• cinnamon (on the tip of a knife);
• a pinch of vanilla;
• 10 g dark or milk chocolate.

The recipe requires the following steps:

1. The products are poured into the glass in layers. The syrup is poured into it first.
2. Then add the heated mixture of milk with cinnamon and vanilla.
3. The last espresso is poured in along with the chocolate dissolved in it.

Chocolate cocktail

For two servings you will need the following products:

• 250 ml of ready-made coffee;
• 30 g chocolate;
• 50 ml cream;
• a pinch of cinnamon;
• one teaspoon of sugar.

To obtain an exquisite drink, you need to perform the following manipulations:

1. The chocolate needs to be melted.
2. Then beat the cream with sugar, cinnamon and chocolate in a blender.
3. Pour hot coffee into cups.
4. Place cream and chocolate mixture on top.

What kind of alcohol do they drink coffee with in different countries?

Different nations have their own culinary and alcoholic drinks, as well as traditional cocktails based on them. If possible, it is better to try the original “versions,” but in many cases, without access to a specific brand of alcohol, you can choose something similar for home preparation.

Ireland

Probably the most famous recipe for coffee with alcohol in the whole world is Irish Coffee. At the bottom of the glass is about 50 grams of Irish whiskey, and on top is a double shot of espresso with sugar. Whipped cream complements the taste and makes it soft and harmonious.

Italy

The Corretto (Caffe Correto) is very popular here, a cocktail in which literally a few drops of grappa (less often sambuca or brandy) are added to espresso.

France

Here you can be treated to coffee and wine (Cafe au Vin), a rather peculiar mixture of espresso with warmed port wine, sugar, spices and orange zest. With dry wine you also get an interesting sour-bitter taste, although not for everyone.

Another cocktail from the same country that has become popular in the world is “Royal Coffee” (Cafe Royal), with brandy. The whole point is to pour the brandy on top of the coffee, and then light some more brandy on a spoon with a lump of refined sugar, and then lower it into the cup to ignite the brandy on the surface. The result is a very aromatic drink with a burnt caramel flavor.

Spain

Local drinks are simple, but they are much easier to prepare than French ones. The Spaniards prefer to add strong alcohol, for example, they prepare Carajillo with brandy or rum. Sometimes local grape vodka with sugar is added.

Austria

In Austria, you can try the famous Fiaker cocktail - nothing complicated, coffee and rum, but topped with high-quality hand-whipped cream and a cherry.

There are a lot of recipes – Mexican, Bavarian, Viennese and even “devil’s” coffee – probably, even a year would not be enough to try all the variations, even if you taste drinks every day!

Cold coffee cocktails

Such coffee-based cocktails will be simply irreplaceable in the summer heat. With their help you can refresh yourself and get great pleasure. They turn out incredibly tasty and very aromatic.

With mint and chocolate

When planning to prepare a coffee cocktail, you need to make sure you have the following products:

• 350 ml Americano;
• 40 g chocolate;
• 100 g ice cream;
• crushed ice;
• 30 ml mint syrup.

Preparation is carried out in several stages:

1. Chocolate is dissolved in hot coffee. Waiting for it to cool down.
2. Add half the portion of ice cream indicated in the recipe and syrup.
3. Beat the resulting mass with a blender.
4. Pour into portions.
5. Pieces of ice and the remaining ice cream are placed on top.

With banana and ice cream

Unlike the classic milkshake with coffee, this recipe uses ice cream and a number of other, very non-standard ingredients:

• 200 ml espresso;
• 50 g white ice cream;
• 100 g banana;
• 40 g chocolate;
• cinnamon (on the tip of a knife);
• sugar (optional).

The drink is prepared as follows:

1. The coffee is pre-cooled.
2. Add ice cream and banana to the composition.
3. Beat the resulting mixture with a blender.
4. Pour the drink into cups.
5. Sprinkle cinnamon and grated chocolate on top.

With tea

You will need the following products for a cold cocktail:

• 4 teaspoons black tea;
• 100 ml espresso;
• 50 ml milk;
• sugar (optional);
• a few ice cubes.

The following actions are performed:

1. Pour 500 ml of water into an enamel-coated container and add tea.
2. The liquid is brought to a boil and immediately removed from the stove.
3. The tea is filtered.
4. Sugar and milk are added to the composition.
5. The resulting mixture is cooled and poured into cups, filling them one-third full.
6. A separate layer of espresso is poured on top.

Milk coffee

The following products are used:

• 150 ml Americano;
• 50 ml milk;
• sugar (optional);
• a few pieces of ice.

Making a coffee milkshake is incredibly easy. Simply mix all the ingredients and pour into glasses.

With orange

You need to make sure you have the following ingredients:

• 250 ml orange juice;
• orange zest from one fruit;
• 250 ml purified water;
• 100 g granulated sugar;
• 500 ml of ready-made coffee;
• 200 ml whipped cream.

Cooking steps:

1. Water is poured into an enamel container.
2. Add sugar and orange zest to the mixture.
3. Boil the mixture for five minutes, then strain and cool.
4. Coffee is mixed with orange juice.
5. Fill a quarter glass with the prepared syrup.

The coffee-orange mixture is poured on top. Whipped cream is evenly placed on the surface.

Coffee smoothie

The list of ingredients for making a smoothie is as follows:

• 250 ml Americano;
• 1 small banana;
• cinnamon on the tip of a knife;
• 200 ml yogurt without additives;
• 1 teaspoon cocoa;
• 50 g of berries (at your own discretion).

To get the drink, put all the ingredients in a blender and blend. The result should be a mass similar to puree.

With peach and ice cream

The following products are used:

• 1 peach;
• 30 g cream;
• 150 ml espresso;
• 60 g ice cream.

You just need to follow a few simple steps:

1. Beat the peach and cream until it becomes a puree consistency.
2. Pour the resulting mixture into a glass.
3. Pour coffee in there.
4. Place ice cream on the surface.
5. Garnish the drink with a peach slice.

Top 3 with milk

Cocktails with coffee and milk are the most common. They can be given to children, reducing the amount of coffee brew, and can be made hot or cold. The number of recipes created is huge. But there are three that are more common than others.

With ice cream

This coffee cocktail is prepared in a blender in 3 minutes. Products need to be prepared:

ice cream – a glass is enough for one serving;

a glass of cold milk;

100 ml espresso;

grated dark chocolate – 2 tablespoons;

sugar to taste.

Place all ingredients except chocolate in a blender and beat until foam appears. Quickly pour into glasses and sprinkle with chocolate chips.

Cold drink with crushed ice

Coffee cocktails with ice and milk can be drunk without sugar, since in the summer sugary drinks and foods make you even more thirsty. Here are only natural ingredients:

a glass of milk;

half a glass of espresso;

ice cubes.

How to make a coffee cocktail:

Mix cold espresso with ice cubes and slowly break them into crumbs with a blender.

Add cold milk.

Milk contains a small part of fat and milk sugar, since this amount is enough to maintain strength. It is offered in fitness clubs after workouts to tone muscles and relieve fatigue with caffeine.

Hot drink with milk

This coffee cocktail is used to prevent colds, since hot milk warms up the bronchi and upper respiratory tract well. To prepare you need:

hot Americano 100 ml;

honey – 1 tablespoon;

turmeric – 1 teaspoon;

a glass of milk – you can take vegetable milk.

Preparation procedure:

Cook Americano with turmeric in a pot.

Heat the milk with a steam wand or in a saucepan, add honey. Stir.

Mix both liquids.

Turmeric is a remedy for immunity and the treatment of colds, so even doctors recommend it for hot drinks in winter.

Alcoholic cocktails

When preparing alcoholic cocktails with coffee, whiskey, liqueur, vodka, cognac and other alcoholic drinks can be used. The main thing is to strictly follow the technology and follow the proportions specified in the recipes. The result of such work will certainly please you.

Irish coffee

The cocktail is so called due to the fact that it was invented in a bar at Shannon Airport, located in Ireland. The following products are used for its preparation:

• 45 ml whiskey;
• 150 ml Americano;
• 50 ml heavy cream;
• 150 ml sugar syrup.

The recipe requires the following steps:

1. Whip the cream using a blender or a regular whisk.
2. Freshly prepared Americano is poured into the glass.
3. Whiskey and sugar syrup are added to the mixture.
4. Mix everything thoroughly.
5. Cream is placed on top.

Rattlesnake

The drink received such an unusual name due to the fact that when mixing the ingredients you can hear a hissing sound. To prepare it you need the following components:

• 15 ml each of coffee, cocoa and cream liqueur;
• 5 g ground coffee beans;
• pieces of ice.

To get an alcohol-based cocktail, you need to follow these steps:

1. All liqueurs and ice are mixed in a shaker.
2. The resulting mixture is poured through a strainer into a small glass.
3. The drink is sprinkled with ground coffee beans on top.

Foam Devil

The taste of this original drink is quite extraordinary, but quite a lot of people like it. It consists of the following components:

• 200 ml beer;
• 50 ml rum;
• 25 ml espresso;
• on the tip of a knife, ground black pepper and salt.

Preparing the Foamy Devil is quite simple. You just need to mix beer with rum and espresso, and then sprinkle everything with salt and pepper.

Boombox

The following ingredients are needed for this recipe:

• 15 ml vodka;
• 15 ml butter wine;
• 15 ml hot Americano.

Simple steps to follow:

1. Initially, butter wine is poured into the glass.
2. Then the Americano is poured in with a spoon.
3. The top layer is vodka.

The components are not mixed. All contents are drunk in one gulp.

Banana freshness

To get an invigorating, refreshing cocktail, you need to prepare the following products:

• 50 ml espresso;
• 50 ml cream;
• 25 ml cognac;
• pieces of ice;
• half a banana.

Following the recipe, you only need to perform a few steps:

1. Using a blender, beat the mixture of coffee, cream, banana and cognac.
2. Pour the resulting liquid into a glass.
3. Add ice.
4. Place banana slices on top.

"Chocolate miracle"

The composition of this alcoholic milkshake consists of the following ingredients:

• Chocolate. A 100-gram bar is suitable for the drink.
• Milk (200 ml).
• 50 g chocolate liqueur.
• One tablespoon of sugar.

You need to make an alcoholic milkshake in a saucepan. First, the milk is well heated, and then sugar and chocolate are dissolved in it. The tile is first broken into several small pieces. Next, the contents are thoroughly mixed. Then the chocolate-milk mixture should cool. Afterwards it is seasoned with liquor and mixed again. The drink should be served in glasses with several ice cubes at the bottom.

Instant coffee cocktails

You can also make very original drinks from instant coffee. It is worth highlighting a couple of them.

Black cuttlefish

The following products are used:

• 50 ml vodka;
• a glass of Coca-Cola;
• 5 g instant coffee.

The recipe requires the following steps:

1. Vodka is poured into the glass.
2. Instant coffee is added.
3. The components are mixed.
4. Then Coca-Cola is poured in.
5. The liquid is remixed.

Oleng

To get such an unusual cocktail, you need to prepare the following products:

• 800 ml of prepared coffee drink;
• 400 ml cream;
• 60 ml condensed milk;
• 3 tablespoons sugar;
• 2 teaspoons cardamom;
• a pinch of ground almonds;
• crushed ice

The cocktail is prepared according to the following scheme:

1. Mix sugar, cardamom and cream in a saucepan. The container is placed on the stove.
2. When the mixture begins to boil, turn off the fire.
3. Infuse the mixture with the lid closed for about a quarter of an hour.
4. Add almonds to it.
5. Place ice in glasses.
6. Then spread the heated cream.
7. Coffee is poured on top.

There are a huge number of coffee-based cocktails. Everyone can choose the most suitable one for themselves. The main thing is that when preparing them, follow all steps strictly according to the recipe. Otherwise, the desired result will not be achieved.

Effect of use

The coffee-alcoholic drink invigorates, improves mood, raises tone and gives the body strength. It is served to lift the mood during a house party or mass celebration. And consumption after a stormy feast will relieve the symptoms of a hangover.

Connoisseurs of the invigorating drink define two main rules for its use:

• when chilled, it is suitable for hot weather to invigorate and restore strength;
• Hot coffee with vodka easily warms the body in case of obvious malaise or hypothermia.

It is important to remember that the cocktail recipe contains strong alcohol, so there are individual contraindications to its use. Even if there are no restrictions on intake, you should not abuse the drink; in large quantities, vodka can be harmful to health

And its two main components are considered stimulants, as they increase blood pressure.

Tips before cooking

All homemade liqueurs are, to a greater or lesser extent, imitations of the original products made by well-known alcohol producers. It is, of course, difficult to argue with giants in achieving the ideal taste of a drink, but that makes it even more interesting. As practice shows, with some effort, liqueur prepared with one’s own hands can easily compete with its famous relatives.

Do you want the output to actually be something worthwhile? To get started, take note of a few important tips:

1. For preparing coffee extract, the most suitable Arabica beans are medium roasted, coarse or medium ground, cold brewed. Compliance with the technology described above will reveal even the most subtle shades of coffee, which will naturally be reflected in the liqueur.
2. Vanillin is a mandatory ingredient in all recipes. In order not to spoil the taste of the liqueur with “chemicals”, it is better to refuse cheap vanillin powder. Opt for vanilla extract or natural vanilla bean. As a last resort, use vanilla sugar.
3. Make your first liqueur strictly according to the recipe. This will help you “grab” the essence of the process. Then, you can experiment with coffee strength, spices and sugar. It’s even possible to create something new, your own.

In some recipes, instead of natural coffee, instant coffee is indicated. It is obvious that sublimate will never replace, and even more so, will not surpass the taste of a natural product, but coffee liqueur is, first of all, the imagination of its creator. Try it!

Now let's get down to business.

What is the name of

A coffee drink with the addition of strong alcohol was originally prepared in Norway, adding a little moonshine. The home-made Norwegian cocktail is known as Karsk, and the version with purified vodka has different names.

In American bars, it is known to a narrow circle of guests under the characteristic name “black Russian”, and in domestic establishments it can be found as “Russian coffee”. To soften the taste, cream is added to the fortified cocktail.

A drink with a simple set of ingredients can be prepared even by novice bartenders. Also, coffee with vodka, if consumed in moderation, will be an original end to the evening for a friendly company.

Liqueur a la Kahlua

This rather sugary drink is recommended for use in cocktails.

Ingredients

1. Instant coffee – 12 g
2. White rum – 700 ml
3. Water – 470 ml
4. Brown sugar – 350 g
5. White sugar – 240 g
6. Vanilla – ½ pod

Cooking method

1. Boil, skimming foam if necessary.
2. Add coffee to the finished boiling substance and keep it over low heat until the coffee granules are completely dissolved (to speed up the process, the substance should be stirred all the time).
3. Cool the syrup to room temperature, then pour it into a jar, add vanilla, pour in the rum and mix everything thoroughly.
4. Send the tightly closed container to a cool, dark place for a month; then filter the drink and bottle it.
5. Store in the basement or refrigerator.